"Unlucky" being one of the more generous adjectives to describe Real Betis's repeated failure to find twine late in the first half of their La Liga match against Mallorca yesterday. Don't blame Rubén Castro, who got things rolling with a shot off the far post; blame Jorge Molina, whose successive header and volley from laughably close range found only the crossbar each time.

Castro would later find redemption, scoring the game's only goal. There can be no redemption for Molina.